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by freeflight
1679 days ago
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> you are obliged to follow their lead, if you object you will be banished or killed Not really that different to today, except that it's a circle of elders and their lead is codified in laws. But breaking these laws will still get you "banished" aka deported if you are not a citizen, and if you are citizen you will face consequences for your noncompliance, which in some places can still reach all the way up to the death sentence. So in a way it's still all just barbaric societies, but with extra steps. |
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You've got it. Proper civilization and a free society are still a long way off. Laws and democracy limit the variance (good and bad) but don't automatically create a better outcome. We still need people to make the right decisions. And these systems of law and democracy which serve mainly to promote stability introduce their own problems by encouraging people to confuse "legal" or "popular" with "right", and "illegal" or "unpopular" with "wrong".